cargo ships of australia

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SS Fitzroy, New South Wales, Australia

SS Fitzroy, New South Wales, Australia

Langley Brothers' steamship Fitzroy Loading at Coffs Harbour, New South Wales

State Lib Qld 1 236291 Sailing ship, Banffshire leaving the Brisbane wharfs with wheat, ca. 1906

State Lib Qld 1 236291 Sailing ship, Banffshire leaving the Brisbane w...

Sailing ship, Banffshire leaving the Brisbane wharfs with wheat, ca. 1906

State Lib Qld 1 254742 Wharves at Brisbane under water from the 1893 floods

State Lib Qld 1 254742 Wharves at Brisbane under water from the 1893 f...

Wharves at Brisbane under water from the 1893 floods Warehouses under water on Brisbane wharves.

StateLibQld 1 133029 Adonis (ship)

StateLibQld 1 133029 Adonis (ship)

Compos-te-hulled paddle steamer Adonis, built in Melbourne, Australia in 1883 for Dath Henderson of Brisbane, Queensland. John Burke of Brisbane chartered her in 1915 and may have later bought her. She was lost... More

StateLibQld 1 133041 Aeon (ship)

StateLibQld 1 133041 Aeon (ship)

3,763 GRT cargo steamship Aeon, built in 1913 by Sir Raylton Dixon & Co of Middlesbrough for W Howard Smith Ltd of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Cambay Prince Steam Ship Co of Hong Kong bought her in 1956 and... More

StateLibQld 1 133585 Australind (ship)

StateLibQld 1 133585 Australind (ship)

Cargo ship Australind of the Australind Steam Shipping Co

StateLibQld 1 133729 Bega (ship)

StateLibQld 1 133729 Bega (ship)

567 GRT steamship Bega, built in 1883 by Russell & Co of Port Glasgow for the Illawarra Steam Navigation Co. Capsized & sank in 1908 off Tanga, New South Wales en route from Tathra to Sydney.

StateLibQld 1 125083 Casino (ship)

StateLibQld 1 125083 Casino (ship)

425 GRT passenger and cargo steamship Casino. Gourlay Bros of Dundee, Scotland built her in 1882 for BB Nicoll of Sydney, NSW. While she was being delivered to Australia she was bought by the Belfast and Koroit... More

StateLibQld 1 126183 Century (ship)

StateLibQld 1 126183 Century (ship)

4,313 GRT cargo steamship Century, built by Northumberland Shipbuilding Co at Howdon for Howard Smith Co Ltd of Melbourne, Australia. In 1926 GN Stathatos of Ithaca, Greece bought her and renamed her Narkissos.... More

StateLibQld 1 126107 City of Launceston (ship)

StateLibQld 1 126107 City of Launceston (ship)

Sinking of the sail- and steamship City of Launceston in Port Phillip in 1865

StateLibQld 1 127211 Corinda (ship)

StateLibQld 1 127211 Corinda (ship)

3,376 GRT cargo ship Corinda, built in 1937 by Short Bros of Sunderland for the Australasian United Steam Navigation Co. In 1961 she was bought by owners in Hong Kong who renamed her first Silver Gulf and then ... More

StateLibQld 1 130243 Dorrigo (ship)

StateLibQld 1 130243 Dorrigo (ship)

683 GRT passenger and cargo steamship Dorrigo. Smith's Dock of Middlesbrough built her in 1913 as Saint François for Cie. Navale de l'Océanie of Bordeaux. Langley Brothers of Sydney, NSW bought her in 1922 and ... More

StateLibQld 1 129871 Moruya (ship)

StateLibQld 1 129871 Moruya (ship)

530 GRT cargo steamship Moruya, moored in the Brisbane River where the Story Bridge is today.Caledonian Ship Building & Engineering Co of Preston, Lancashire built her in 1906 for the Illawarra & South Coast St... More

StateLibQld 1 120688 Kanimbla (ship)

StateLibQld 1 120688 Kanimbla (ship)

Cargo ship Kanimbla in the Great Australian Bight Public domain photograph of Navy warship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

StateLibQld 1 123080 Fuel drums and other cargo loaded on the deck of the Melbidir IV at Thursday Island, ca. 1976

StateLibQld 1 123080 Fuel drums and other cargo loaded on the deck of ...

Fuel drums and other cargo loaded on the deck of the Melbidir IV at Thursday Island, ca. 1976 Melbidir IV was built in Cairns as a purpose built cargo vessel. The captain was Bluey Douglas and the engineer was ... More

StateLibQld 1 185911 Ships loading at Eagle Street Wharves, Brisbane, Queensland, ca. 1935

StateLibQld 1 185911 Ships loading at Eagle Street Wharves, Brisbane, ...

Cargo ships being loaded or unloaded at Eagle Street Wharves, Brisbane, Queensland, circa 1935. The ships are the Bingera of the Australasian United Steam Navigation Company, and (in back) the Nalpa of the Ade... More

StateLibQld 1 231305 Looking north towards the Cook Highway at Cairns, north Queensland

StateLibQld 1 231305 Looking north towards the Cook Highway at Cairns,...

Looking north towards the Cook Highway at Cairns, north Queensland Cargo ships are at anchor in the harbour towards the bottom of the view.This photograph is an original Murray Aerial Views postcard, no.12.

StateLibQld 1 254730 Ships stranded in the Brisbane Botanic Gardens during the 1893 floods

StateLibQld 1 254730 Ships stranded in the Brisbane Botanic Gardens du...

Ships stranded in the Brisbane Botanic Gardens during the 1893 floods People inspecting ships stranded in the Botanic Gardens, Brisbane after the 1893 floods. Bunya pine trees are visible behind the ship H.M.S.... More

StateLibQld 1 297455 Wharves in Townsville, ca. 1925

StateLibQld 1 297455 Wharves in Townsville, ca. 1925

Wharves in Townsville, Queensland, circa 1925. The ships are unidentified but the funnel markings on the one on the right suggest she may belong to the Australasian United Steam Navigation Co.

StateLibQld 1 49320 First shipment of Mt. Morgan blister copper from Rockhampton

StateLibQld 1 49320 First shipment of Mt. Morgan blister copper from R...

First shipment of Mt. Morgan blister copper from Rockhampton Men are posing on the docks while copper is being unloaded.

StateLibQld 1 87788 Bonnie Dundee (ship)

StateLibQld 1 87788 Bonnie Dundee (ship)

Engraving of the collision between the screw steamships Barrabool and Bonnie Dundee south of Newcastle, New South Wales, on 11 March 1879 (Information taken from The Australian Town and Country Journal, 22 March 1879.)

StateLibQld 1 104328 Uloolo (ship)

StateLibQld 1 104328 Uloolo (ship)

Adelaide Steamship Co's 3,263 GRT cargo steamship Uloolo, built in Glasgow by Wm Beardmore & Co in 1924. In 1957 Hong Kong owners bought her and renamed her Clyde Breeze. In 1962 she was sold again and renamed ... More

State Lib Qld 1 125611 Canonbar (ship)
State Lib Qld 1 146831 Pulganbar (ship)
Whyalla - ship alongside dock (ship called 'Balarr', Port Adelaide)(GN15274)
Ship 'Mildura' Melbourne alongside docks(GN14992)